Can You Feel My Heart?

Upon hearing a familiar voice, a voice that Marina recognized as the man from Celestial, the rainbow marked woman froze. For a long moment she lay there in silence, her red and pink eyes focused on the ground. Her ears were pinned back, and slowly, oh so slowly, the femme lifted those pained eyes up to the man before her. His words, though neutral in tone, scared her. The rainbow woman trembled before slowly standing to her full height, a height smaller than the man before her. Her tail was tucked, her mind thrown into a racing state as she tried to process what was happening.

Some part of Marina was screaming, screaming at her to lunge at this man, to make him feel the pain, the sorrow that she felt. But there was another part, a more rational part, that fought that desire. That fought to be understood… to be reassured and told everything would be alright. To feel that lie, that security drape across her conscious once more.

Marina was torn.

Madness and sanity danced within her all at once, and the woman closed her eyes, taking a shuddering breath as she fought herself first.

…but which side would win?

Finally Marina opened her eyes again, the narrowed pupils fixing upon the red male. “Abandoned…” The femme growled, tears still streaming from her eyes. “That bastard… he left me… took our sons…” She was shaking, though whether from just sadness, anger, or something more she wasn’t sure.

“…I’m sorry…” The female shifted her head to the side, averting her gaze from the male. “You don’t need to hear my sob story… you kept what was rightfully yours…” The female trembled again. ‘…and I lost everything. Again…’